Get Active in St Helens in 2018

If you have promised yourself you will get fit in 2018, there is some great stuff going on in St Helens.

Get active in 2018

It's the start of a brand new year, and if one of your new year's resolutions was to get more active, you're not along. Keeping fit with little ones in tow can be difficult, but there are some great activities and events going on in St Helens.

Boot Camps

Circuit training is great for building strength, improving fitness and your general well being. There are several running thoughout St Helens, meaning that you should hopefully find a time that suits you.

Running

If you're after the ultimate flexibility, running is brilliant as it can be squeezed in whenever you have time/babysitters. It can be hard to keep the motivation up though, so if you think you're going to struggle to drag yourself out on these cold, dark wet days, why not pop along to one of these:

Couch to 5K

Starting on the 8th January, Couch to 5K is perfect for beginners. If you have never run before, and can't imagine running 5K, this is for you.

The course runs for 10 weeks at Sutton Athletics Track and costs just £10 for the whole course. There are 3 sessions each week, and you can go to one of them or all of them, it's upto you.

The sessions are as follows: Mondays and Wednesdays, 6-7pm and Saturdays 9.15am - 10am. You are welcome to bring the kids along too, but you are responsible for supervising them.

If you're already running and want to start seeing just how well you're doing why not pop along to your local Parkrun. It can add a social aspect to running (there's often a post-parkrun coffee), and it also gives you a chance to see how much you are improving as the run is timed. It's on every week, it's free and there's no need to book, so you can just pop along when it suits you. Find out details of your local Parkrun here.

Walking

No doubt you get out and about with the kids, but it can involve a LOT of standing round whilst you're little ones splash in puddles, climb trees and go mad in the playground. Why not head to one of the walks organised by the St Helens Healthy Living Team.

They run FREE walks throughout St Helens that are suitable for everyone, and some are suitable for prams too. These are the walks scheduled to take place in January:

Visit your local Soft Play Centre

Let's face it, if you have a toddler/pre-schooler and you're at the local soft play centre every week, there's really no need to do anything else. A soft play centre offers a fantastic work out, so instead of enjoying a coffee whilst you're little ones play, make a point of joining in, climbing, sliding and balancing. Could a workout be any more fun?